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Business Blog Step 10 - Ideas to Help Overcome Writer's Block

Guest post by: Gary Baker

Article Overview: Occasionally you will arrive at a point where you just do not know what to write, the so called Writer’s Block - or maybe that should be called the Blogger’s Block in this instance. Here are some ideas from which we can identify methods which should help us to overcome this potential block in our blogging activities.

Business Blog Step 10 - Ideas to Help Overcome Writer's Block

Occasionally you will arrive at a point where you just do not know what to write, the so called Writer’s Block - or maybe that should be called the Blogger’s Block in this instance. Here are some ideas from which we can identify methods which should help us to overcome this potential block in our blogging activities.



Work on several posts at the same time:

Sometimes, if the content is not coming freely to you on one subject then leave it for the time being and change to another one. Not only does this allow you to get down some ideas on this new topic, but that in turn may inspire other ideas that you can develop in the first one. In any case, it gives you a break and will allow you to return to it later with a clearer mind.



Talk about it:

If you’re having trouble actually getting your idea down in writing, then try talking about it instead. You can either do this to yourself or you can do so to a friend or colleague. When you do this, it should help the ideas to start to flow and enable you to start to get a new flow down in writing.



Mind Maps:

Used religiously by many people, this is a great way to take your central idea and encourage you to brainstorm and explore all of the different ideas which it sparks. To start with, write the title of the post in the middle of a piece of paper and add branches with the names of the main topics that you want to cover – you then continue by adding secondary level for the sub topics and so on, developing ideas as you go.

Start in the middle:

Try to write some of the ideas that will form the middle of the post and don’t worry about writing the introduction until after you have written the body of the text. We often get stopped because we try to get the first part of a post just right before moving on to what is really the meat of the post. So, switch it round and you should find that not only is the post easier to write but that the start will flow more naturally later on from what you have written.

Freewrite:

I suppose that you could call this a stream of consciousness. The idea is simply to start writing and continue to do so until a certain period of time has elapsed. The idea is just to generate thoughts, ideally on a specific topic although you can also do so in a way which is totally unfocused. Use this as a way to get a first draft or a series of ideas down on something and then take it from there.

Reread and Notate:

Get all of the information together that you are basing your post on and/or relevant research and background material, and have all of these by your side. Then simply read through this information and, as you read, type your reaction to it – this might be to expand on what you are reading, to explain a particular idea or disagree with another part, to add further information or to link to other articles.

Write Dialogue:

Try to imagine that you are having a conversation with someone who is talking to you and asking you about the subject matter of your post. Ideally this person should be someone that you do not react well to and is perhaps asking potentially difficult or contrary questions.

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